Sally Field

Blessed with boundless energy and charm, Sally Field was perfectly suited for the all-American girl characters that brought her early stardom, although it was her later roles, most often as strong ind...
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Movie veteran Burt Reynolds has dismissed reports suggesting he's selling off his memorabilia because he's broke - he has just grown tired of a lot of his collected stuff. The Deliverance star is parting ways with outfits, jewellery, movie props and art he has picked up over the years, but he insists the upcoming Julien's Auctions sale in Las Vegas on 14 December (14) is not being staged to help him with his finances, despite reports to the contrary.
He says, "I am simply selling some of my memorabilia that I have enjoyed for so many years but do not have use nor room for them anymore.
"Quite frankly, I am sick of so many pictures of myself in my own home."
The items up for grabs include a canoe used in 1972 film Deliverance, numerous pairs of Western boots from Reynolds' personal collection, his large collection of belt buckles and an 18-karat gold antique inscribed pocket watch given to the actor by his co-star and friend Sally Field.
Reynolds' ex-wife Loni Anderson is also offering up items from her marriage to the actor as part of a Julien's auction in Los Angeles later this week (05-06Dec14).
The highlights include her wedding dress and jewellery the movie star gave her. Anderson is also selling portraits of herself, including one "huge nude", that her ex commissioned artists to paint.
Anderson tells Entertainment Tonight she and Reynolds agreed to "share" their memorabilia over dinner a year ago while discussing "scaling back".

The canoe from cult movie Deliverance is to be sold as part of a huge Burt Reynolds auction next month (Dec14) The boat, which was one of those used in the cult 1972 film, is among a number of highlight items going under the hammer at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on 11 and 12 December, as part of the Julien's Auctions sale.
Other choice memorabilia includes numerous pairs of western boots from Reynolds' personal collection, his large collection of belt buckles, an 18-karat gold antique inscribed pocket watch given to the actor by his co-star and friend Sally Field, "museum quality" paintings, and sculptures and handcrafted saddles and gun belts from the Edward H. Bohlin Company, of which Burt Reynolds was a part owner in the early 1990s.
The canoe is expected to fetch up to $800 (£670).

"I feel stunned and so sad about Robin. I'm sad for the world of comedy. And so very sad for his family. And I'm sad for Robin. He always lit up when he was able to make people laugh, and he made them laugh his whole life long... tirelessly. He was one of a kind. There will not be another. Please God, let him now rest in peace." Sally Field remembers her Mrs. Doubtfire co-star Robin Williams.

Moviemaker Ron Howard, Carole King and Marlee Matlin have led the early tributes to TV and film veteran James Garner, who passed away on Saturday (19Jul14), aged 86. The Rockford Files star died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday evening (19Jul14), and celebrities have flooded Twitter.com with their last respects.
Howard recalled the actor's role in 1966 movie Grand Prix, noting, "RIP James Garner. Admired by all who knew him. When starring in Grand Prix the people around F1 (Formula One) said he had the talent to be a pro driver," while singer/songwriter King remembered working with Garner on the set of Murphy's Romance, adding, "He was one of the nicest people".
Matlin tweets, "Now sad to read my dear friend & costar James Garner passed. RIP sweet Jim Rockford," and Forrest Gump star Gary Sinise, writes, "R.I.P James Garner. Such a lovely man I had the pleasure of working him in 1989 in My Name Is Bill W with James Woods", while Kaley Cuoco - Garner's TV granddaughter in 8 Simple Rules - adds, "I say this with a heavy broken heart. Was an honor working beside u receiving ur bear hugs every day. (love) u Grampa Jim (sic)."
Other tributes have come from singer LeAnn Rimes, Alan Cumming, Stephen Fry, former child star Haley Joel Osment, and Sally Field, who writes, "My heart just broke. There are few people on this planet I have adored as much as Jimmy Garner. I cherish every moment I spent with him and relive them over and over in my head. He was a diamond." Field starred alongside Garner in Murphy's Romance, which earned the actor an Oscar nomination.

Veteran movie star Burt Reynolds is preparing to lift the lid on his failed romances with actresses Sally Field and Loni Anderson in an upcoming memoir. The Boogie Nights star, 78, developed a reputation as a ladies' man during his Hollywood heyday, dating the likes of Faye Dunaway and Kim Basinger, and enjoying marriages with British comedienne Judy Carne and Anderson.
He previously admitted his biggest regret in his personal life was letting go of the love of his life, Steel Magnolias star Field, and now he is set to reveal all about the relationships in But Enough About Me.
The autobiography, which will feature a foreword by his pal and Deliverance co-star Jon Voight, will also detail his friendships with fellow showbiz legends Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Bette Davis, and it will revisit his most famous screen projects, including Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit, The Longest Yard and Boogie Nights, which earned him an Oscar nomination for his role as porn director Jack Horner.
A statement released by Reynolds reads: "Setting the record straight is something that I have wanted to do for a while now, and with this book I will. This will be a project that will go into many areas I have never discussed."
But Enough About Me is scheduled for release by publishers at G.P. Putnam's Sons next year (15).

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Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock and Michael Douglas were among the stars who turned out to honour Jane Fonda as she received a special award from the American Film Institute (AFI) on Thursday night (05Jun14). The veteran actress received the organisation's Life Achievement Award during a glitzy bash at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, and Hollywood royalty turned out to salute her.
Streep and Bullock both gave speeches, along with Sally Field and Lily Tomlin, and Douglas, who received the same prize in 2009, was on hand to present Fonda with the trophy. During the presentation, the actor told the audience about his time working with Fonda on 1979 movie The China Syndrome, saying, "I learned that not only is Jane an amazing actress, but she is the world's greatest multi-tasker. She was simultaneously an actress, she was a mom, she was a fitness expert and a brave, very courageous political activist. So, deep down, who really is Jane Fonda? She is one of a kind... Jane, you are true film royalty, not through birth, but through your talent."
Fonda, who follows in the footsteps of her actor father Henry Fonda in receiving the AFI award, said, "I'm so happy to add another woman's name to the list (of AFI award winners)." Tributes also came from Fonda's actor son Troy Garity and her brother Peter Fonda, as well as her The Newsroom co-star Jeff Daniels, who performed a song he wrote specially for the occasion.

Gwyneth Paltrow sang with Steven Spielberg's daughter at a charity event in California on Wednesday (28May14). The Iron Man star was among the guests at the Poetic Justice Fundraiser in Santa Monica, and she thrilled the crowd by taking to the stage to perform with Sasha Spielberg, the 24-year-old singer daughter of the celebrated movie director.
Pictures taken at the event, held at the Herb Alpert Educational Village, show the pair performing together and then sharing a hug afterwards in front of a crowd which included Sasha's father.
Other guests at the charity gala, which raised funds for the Coalition For Engaged Education, included Sally Field, Maya Rudolph and Jonah Hill.

American sweethearts Sally Field and Julia Roberts cussed up a storm on U.S. TV on Monday night (05May14) as part of a Celebrity Curse-Off contest on late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! The host invited the two Oscar winners, who played mother and daughter in Steel Magnolias, to offer up their favourite swear words on national TV and after a hesitant start, both actresses let the expletives fly.
Confused Roberts, 46, referenced Field's 1960s TV show when she asked, "Why am I in a curse-off with the flying nun? How does this happen?"
The Pretty Woman star attempted to keep her swear words family friendly but turned really nasty when comedian Kimmel suggested she was heading for a "massacre" at the hands of foul-mouthed Field, shouting, "Go f**k yourself!"
Prior to the contest, which took place hours after Field unveiled her star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she confessed, "I wanna win really bad."
The actresses were each given five seconds to come up with a bad word and much of what the old friends said was bleeped.
Field's foul words included "a**hole", "c**ksucker" and "pr**klicker", while good girl Roberts, who shrieked, "My mother is so proud right now", offered up "d**khead", "s**t-for-brains", "butthole", "tea-bagging", and "son-of-a-b**ch".
Field was named the winner and was presented with a large bar of soap to wash out her filthy mouth.

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Cover your children's ears if you don't want them to start using profanity!
On last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Hollywood legends Sally Field and Julia Roberts faced off in the first ever "Celebrity Curse-Off." Basically a game of "HORSE" with curse words, the late night segment had each actress taking a turn to rattle off any piece of profanity that came to mind.
Check out the video right here (it's surprisingly SFW):
To recap: After a bit of confusing banter about the rules, the "Celebrity Curse-Off" started off not-so-innocently enough with a couple of basic curse words. However, Field dropped a big bomb with a particularly volatile choice (the C-word). That left Roberts flustered and giggling like a little kindergartener... one familiar with such profanity. Field kept the pressure up, while Roberts faltered to schoolyard staples like "butthole" and sexual euphemisms such as "tea bagging" and "rusty trombone."
So in the first "Celebrity Curse-Off," the Flying Nun took out the Pretty Woman. So what was Sally Field's reward? Appropriately enough, a gigantic bar of soap to clean that potty mouth of hers!
Who do you think should be in the next "Celebrity Curse-Off?" Share your suggestions in the comments below. And please, keep it clean!
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Starred in "Not Without My Daughter" as American citizen Betty Mahmoody, who escaped with her daughter from her husband in Iran; based on the book of the same title written by Mahmoody

Landed recurring guest role on "ER" (NBC) as Dr. Abby Lockhart's (Maura Tierney) mother who is struggling to cope with bipolar disorder; returned to the role in 2003 and 2006; earned an Emmy nomination in 2003

Played the wife of Robin Williams and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan in Chris Columbus's "Mrs. Doubtfire"

Portrayed a one-time housewife who is forced to work as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman (Judy Davis) in Showtime's "A Cooler Climate"; received an Emmy nomination

Directed "The Original Wives Club" segment of the award-winning HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon"; series executive produced by Tom Hanks

Played a runaway hippie who returns to her parents' home in the ABC TV-movie "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring"

Breakthrough TV role, playing Sister Bertrille on the ABC series "The Flying Nun"

Offered an award-winning performance in her first dramatic role, playing the title role of a young woman afflicted with multiple personality syndrome in the NBC TV-Movie "Sybil"

Delivered breakthrough film role, playing the titular Southern textile worker who organizes her fellow employees in "Norma Rae"

Played supporting role as Heather Graham's mother in "Say It Isn't So"

First film credit for Fogwood, "Murphy's Romance" (co-starring Field and James Garner); earned a Golden Globe nomination

Directorial debut, the ABC TV-movie "The Christmas Tree"; also scripted and produced

Played Julia Roberts' mother in Herbert Ross' film adaptation of the off-Broadway play "Steel Magnolias"; earned a Golden Globe nomination

First film as producer, "Dying Young" starring Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott

First of four films with Burt Reynolds, "Smokey and the Bandit"; earned a Golden Globe nomination; began off-screen romantic relationship with Reynolds

Raised in California's San Fernando Valley

First film with Tom Hanks, "Punchline"; played a housewife attempting to pursue a career as a standup comic

Delivered a terrific turn as a diva-like soap opera actress in "Soapdish"

Landed recurring role on the ABC Western comedy "Alias Smith and Jones"

Played a prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in "Back Roads"

Cast as the mother of five adult children on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters"; earned Golden Globe (2008, 2009), SAG (2008, 2009) and Emmy (2008, 2009) nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series

Feature directorial debut, "Beautiful" starring Minnie Driver

Played the sick mother of four in the bittersweet comedy "Two Weeks"

Won second Academy Award for her starring role in Robert Benton's semi-autobiographical "Places in the Heart," playing a Texas woman struggling to save her farm

Formed production company Fogwood Films

Made a cameo appearance on the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" as Secretary #91

Made TV debut as the boy-struck, surfer girl Frances 'Gidget' Lawrence on the ABC series "Gidget"

First lead role in a feature, playing Jeff Bridges' working-class girlfriend in "Stay Hungry"

Returned to TV for the NBC miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means"; also produced; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries (as producer) and Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG nominations for Lead Actress

Co-starred with James Caan and Jeff Bridges in the comedy "Kiss Me Goodbye"; earned a Golden Globe nomination

Summary

Blessed with boundless energy and charm, Sally Field was perfectly suited for the all-American girl characters that brought her early stardom, although it was her later roles, most often as strong independent women, that brought her lasting critical acclaim. Field broke out as the spunky surfer girl "Gidget" (ABC, 1965-66) and as Sister Betrille in "The Flying Nun" (ABC, 1967-1970) before reinventing herself as a serious actress with an Emmy-winning performance as the schizophrenic "Sybil" (NBC, 1976). Field's popularity rarely waned over the next two decades, helped in large part by a fabled romance with her "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977) co-star Burt Reynolds and Oscar-winning turns as a labor organizer in "Norma Rae" (1979) and as a Depression era single mother trying to save her farm in "Places of the Heart" (1984). She maintained her stature with a string of successful films that included "Steel Magnolias" (1989), "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994). At an age when many actresses' best days were considered behind them, Field lent an aura of dignity and refinement to her role as the matriarch of a dysfunctional family on the drama series "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC, 2006-2011), picking up another Emmy in the process. Continuing to work with the best and the brightest, the actress impressed in such acclaimed projects as Steven Spielberg's historical biopic "Lincoln" (2012). Possessing a unique blend of likability and raw talent, Field's reputation as one of Hollywood's most accomplished leading ladies was well earned.

Began dating 1977; Co-starred in several films, including "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "The End" (1978), "Hooper" (1978), and "Smokey and the Bandit II (1980); Split 1982

Education

Name

Birmingham High School

San Fernando Valley State College

The Actors Studio

Notes

Field received Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year Award in 1986.

On Oct. 29, 1988, Field and her family survived a crash of their charter plane, which lost power on takeoff.

Field on her infamous 1985 Oscar acceptance speech: "People have interpreted that in a way in which they can understand with their own words. And they often will interpret that feeling as insecurity when really it isn't. It's a very different thing than insecurity when you receive an Oscar and stand up there and go, 'Oh my God, I can't believe you actually like me.' My work worked for this one moment in time. And it isn't insecurity behind that at all. Have you ever had a standing ovation from your peers? If you do, you will be overcome with a feeling that at this one moment in time, I did it! An impossible task. All the odds, all the struggle to stay in the business, to get the work, to do it, to be right, to be good, at the right place at the right time, to commit yourself, to have it work! That's what it's about." – from Movieline, February 1991

"I'm not going to be knighted, like Meryl Streep. My real assets have always been acting and just being pleasant." – Field to People Magazine, July 8, 1991

"I never had trouble saying 'no' or being the 'bad girl' when it was within the work." – Field quoted in the New York Post, Feb. 16, 1995

"I'm not a very gracious person. I'm very hard on people, but, well, there ain't nothin' I can say. I'm spiteful! Competitive! It isn't that I want to do what they're doing. But I want the opportunity to work as much as so-and-so. And I'm so specific. It's not like I fit into a whole lot of other people's categories." – Field quoted in Entertainment Weekly, Feb. 17, 1995

"Before my autobiography came out, I called and told her what a schmuck I'd been during our relationship. I also told Sally that she was the love of my life and that I hoped she finally realized how special she is." – Burt Reynolds to People Magazine, Jan. 29, 1996

"I'm a woman who was brought up in the '50s, and so there's part of me that still wants to be June Cleaver and call to the family, 'dinner's ready!' But my needs have changed. I now realize that people need their solitude and separateness. I believe if you have the money, couples should have separate bedrooms. There's something unnatural about sleeping in the same bed, dressing in the same closet, sharing everything. I'm finally coming to grips with the idea that I don't like giving up my space. I don't need somebody with me to make me whole." – Field to People Magazine, Jan. 29, 1996

"I think I'm much darker than people suspect." – Field to People Magazine, Jan. 29, 1996